FC4 as business-class router

[taharka]

Howdy,

Aaron O'Hara wrote:

>I have a client who has an office of 100 users who mostly use the
>network to access the Internet.  The number of users is expected to grow
>30% each year and they want to add VPN functionality.  Their current
>router (Linksys) keeps requiring to be reset and I think it's time they
>upgrade to a business-class router, akin to the Cisco 1841 or something
>from SonicWall.  
>
>After looking that the prices for these appliances, I was wondering if a
>PC-based router running FC4 (or similar, like CentOS) would be just as
>good/better/worse than the appliance?
>
>My fear with a PC based router is that there are more chances for
>hardware failure given the increased number of parts.  Do people on this
>list have experience running PC-based routers serving 100-200 users for
>shared Internet and VPN?
>
>--Aaron
>
>  
>
Have a gander at m0n0wall, http://m0n0.ch/wall FreeBSD based & capable 
of running off a CF card using a CF/IDE converter.

Have a nice day!!

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.